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LE BAROH & NISSLY, Proprietors
SALINE, WASHTENAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DECEMBER 22, 1881.
YOL. H—NO. 6.
MIS OFJIE WEEK.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
TJjiie t^Me-^-Crial..
Os the 14th Dr. John IvWithro-w, of Boston,
■was called by the prosecution, and testifled
that he was pastor of the Park Street "Church
in that city.., Witness said prisoner desired to
deliver a lecture in that church in reply to a
lecture ■delivered by In-ersoll, but he declined
to have the church use5 for that purpose" He
^^«*^s^^i^WS**lP^atton of unsoundness of mind m tTuitSau, but thoufrht
him possessed   of  unusual   cutene=*s     ~"
ways
this
critical
witness'
_ Tha
isoner    generally     took     pari: "in-    the
sensstons   m - the   chureh,   and   was   aland     accusative.      During
testimony     Guiteau     said
^^nwI1'-Fc?urt-tci.save his ue°k from the
•Itdlowvtjut^for, vindication-, for -justice and
|or right. Charles A. Bryan/of the Ncw'Tork
Eqtutable Life Insurance Company, testified
that he had employed Guiteau to solicit for
him, and that he had swindled him. He considered him sane. Henry M. Collier related an
instance where Guiteau collected $175 and
failed to pay it over. He considered the prisoner a thief and a scoundrel, but sane. At this
point one of the -jurors complained of illness,
and the Court adjourned.
As SQO.x as the Court opened on the 15th
Guiteau made a short address wherein he advised the Court to  order the jury out for a
three-miles' walk   before    breakfast   every
morning-, as a remedy for possible indigestion..
Henry M. Collier was recalled and testified that •
he had never seen any signs of insanity in the
prisoner.   He was perfectly competent to distinguish between   right   and "wrong.   J.  M
Justice, of Logansport,  Ind.. said   he   knew
O-mteau in 1STS, rten he  was selling   the
/5ft2f MooS.>"- He was apparently sane
at-.hat time. Eev. B. R. Shippen, pastor of
AU1 bonis Church, Washington, boarded at the
same house with Guiteau from April last until
the day before the murder, and saw no evidences of insanity. Mrs. D'unmire, formerly
the wife of the prisoner, then took the stand
and testthed that she was married to the prisoner in July, 1889. Mr Scoville objected to her
turther testimony unless the proof of lier di-
yorce were shown,* and the witness was'tempo-
rarilly withdrawn. Dr. Noble.Touug, the iail
physician, testified that fie had held 'numerous conversations with the prisoner since
his confinement, and considered him a perfectly sane and intelligent man. General Joseph.&. Reynolds, of Chicago, had visited the
prisoner in the jail twelve .davs after
the assassination. Prisoner expressed sup-
Time that Grant, Conkling and other Stalwarts
had not defended the act of killing the
President. After recess, Mr. Corkhill offered
m evidence an itpplication of the prisoner for
a life insurance policy, in which it was stated
that there had never been anv insanity in the
Guiteau family. Mr. Reynolds was" ftirther
examined, and stated that when he called upon
Guiteau a second time he wrote an address to
the American people. The original draft of
thf address was then read and dulv commented upon by Guiteau. On the cross-examination General Reynolds saidhehad been paid
his expenses—amounting to §85—during tho
time he secured the interviews with Guiteau.
At the conclusion of the examination the Court
adjourned.
The trial of Guiteau was resumed  on tho
morning of the 16th at the usual hour.   Georgo
D. Barnard, Deputy Clerk of  the Supreme
Court of Kings County, JN\  Y"., produced the
record of the divorce of the. prisoner from his"
former wife.   Mr. Scoville objected to the rec--
ordou the ground that it  was not certified
by the Clerk ofthe Court, but Judge Cox overruled the objection, and Mr. Scoville noted au
exception.   General Kcyncslds was again called
and testified that at the time of his interviews
with Guiteau Mr. Garfield was livim*-, and witness had no thought of Leing suppoenued as :i
witness,   witness read from his notes wherein
G-uireau stated that  he  ranked  with Grant,
Conkling,  Logan  and  the    other Stalwarts.
J-llen C. Grant, Guiteau's boat-dinar mistress
prior to July 1st, said she knew Guiteau well,
and  never  suspected  that   he   was insane.'
Ho was indebted to her in the sum of ft.rty-
seven dollars for board.   Mrs. Anna J. i*ua-
mire, the prisoner's former^wft'e,  was then
called, and several ladies arose to leave the
court-room.   Guiteau loudly declared that the
laches need not leave, as there was not to be
any indecency iu the examination.   He protested that the District-Attornev was sruilty- of
infamous conduct in bringing in this' witness
to have her character ripped up, asit would be,
and he demanded of the Court that a stop be
put to such outrage.   Very few questions wer _
asked of witness, to the evident relief of the
prisoner, but she stated that she had nev*r
seen any signs of insanity during the time she
lived witb him as his wife.   The eross-exami-
"vhicft it was resqi prosecute the star-
route cases with $*t vigor.
A-GSjseknamf*-y*uitis wrote fifty
letters to the latent before his death,
and has since ^twelve to President
Arthur, asking face.
The Garfield' >1 Committee has extended an invitupi-Secretary Blaine to
deliver; the chiefjv when tbe memorial
services are helc-Iouse.
The financiali-roguced in the House
on- the 16th frjtazeltine, of Missouri,
provides that al-terest-bearing debt of
theUnited Statfne paid in lawful money, and that a]yn the Treasury, and
all revenues of iited States not otherwise appropriatil be applied to the payment of the "Rearing debt. The Secretary of the TrUs authorized to issue
non-interest-bej'reasurynotes in denominations of Si!,;?--, S20, §50 and §100,
which snail b^awfnl money and legal
tender at tbeir^lue for all taxes, revenues aud debtllie and private, which
ma3* be necessfliddition to the aforesaid
money and rev to pay said interest-bearing debt.
The WashiMonument Commission
held a meetini*asliington recently, and
decided to ask'ess for an appropriation
of §200,000 to ue the work of completing the mount
ClakkMil;sculptor, has secured a
plaster-cast cjau's head.
In the Seiie following assignments
have been ai^d in the rearrangements
of committeeiquent upon recent vacancies : Mr. tv;is substituted for Mr. Ed-
munds as.ChiiOf the Committee on Foreign Affairs, fjves the place of Mr. Aldrich on the [committee ;*lie is also assigned to rhenittee on Patents and Education and JLjto fill vacancies, and also
Trausportat^outes to the Seaboard,
in place fr. Blair. Mr. Harrison
succeeds JSpgan on Indian x-ifairs,
and Mr. ,'er on Territories. Mr.
Aldrich takfplace of Mr. Hawley on tbe
District of J-bia- Mr. Sewell is assigned
to the Chaflup of Enrolled Bills; Mr.
Sawyer to tect Committee ou Census, in
the place c Cameron (Wis.) ; Mr. Miller
(N. T.) to pic Diseases, in place of Mr.
Miller (Ca^- Hill (Colo.) to the Select
Committe<;'^icai-aguan Claims, in the
place of lawley; Mr. Dawes to Civil
Service apfehchmcnts, in place of Mr.
Hill (ColoE- Saunders to the Select Committee on" Service, in place of Mr. Rollins;. Mn'rWyck to Pensions, to fill a
vacancy, u
?"IItli Congress,
far as I know-'she is a high-toned Christian
lady, and I have nothing against "her. I wish
her well in whatever station she may bo."
Dr. JUirmg, of the Eye aud Ear lnQrmarv at
Washington, had examined Guiteau's eyes "and
had found no indications of a disordered
brain. Dr. A. MeLane Hamilton had limde
mental and nervous diseases a special stud v.
He had closely examined The prisoner aiid
-found no dofeete in the physical cvufermation
of Ms head'andface, and Said.there was no ex-
Teriiid evidence of mental disease. He wtis
simply an eccentric man. He believed the
Prisoner entirely sane, and thoroughly capable of discerning between right and Vroug.
I ending the cross-examination of this witness
the Court adjourned until the 10th.
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1*etitio5s are being received ia Washington asking Congress to prohibit unjust discriminations on the part of railroads.
Fkedekick J. PurLLips has been appointed
private secretary to President Arthur. He
was secretary to General Arthur when the
latter was Collector.
PitESlOBST Arthuk has authorized the announcement that he will receive no visitors on
Saturdays and Sundays. These days he reserves for himself.
The United States Supreme Court, in a recent decision, holds that by allowing an invention to be generally used for two years the
inventor abandons it to the public, and cannot
complain of infringement.
A Washixgxox dispatch of the 14th says
that Postmaster-General .James had tendered
his resignation to the President, and that he
would vacate his place in the Cabinet on or
about January 1, in order to enter upon his
dut'es as President of a new National Bank in
a   Sew York City. _      „ .^   .. ,
; . ? 0*** tl|e evening of ffe xith^eorgg- Scoville,
Gn'reau's* counsel, l'eetured' to a small but
.•sympathetic audience. Resolutions were
adopted approving his course. He pictured
thr desire for vengeance throughout the country: called attention to the danger of the as-
fa*-Mnation of Guiteau. and declared that the
question of capital punishment was itself on
tri*.L Ifc said, the prisorer's mail, was' filled
Witb tlirea.teii'ng letters, arid that jioCliristiarf
"minister lind ever called'ripon him as a sane
murderer fo urge repentance.
A'X'OKTHNr; to reports received by the I)e-
p-rtment of Agriculture tlie condition of the
cotton crop is lower than jn any season since
l.-ift', Tlie December returns, compared with
Jafit-yoar- are as follows-: North Carolina, 71:
SjptttliQaroIiria," 77;'Georgia. SO; E"lorid*i, 92;
.jjilabajiiaf^': JMississippi, 73; Louisiana, 8-3;
Te'tais-.OS*- Arlvausa's, 50,"_ and Tennessee, 53.
Taking the reports o.f the season together, up
to December*"), the indications point to a crop
.of'about 4,000,00,)bulcs,anda somewhat higher
product appears possible*
ACTXXC*- PoSTMASTJtlt-GEXEIt.*.!. HatTO-S* has
directed that no sujiplemcnt containing any
advertisements whatever be aJloived in the
mail;- at second-class rates unless the publisher makes ailidavit that the same rates are
paid for advertisements in the supplement as
for those in tlie body of tlie paper itself.
Tub United States Senate Finance Committee, at its*meeting on the 15th,' agireed' unaui-
.wfously' to recommend the passage of Mr.
Sherman's Three-per-cent Funding bill, with
amendments reducing the aggregatS amount
of three-per-cent. bonds to be is-med to §300,-
000,000, and providing t£ni* tl-c amount of deposits to be received shall not exceed at any
one time -?2.*),000,(XK), Tlie committee took
this action after hearing Secretary Folger,
who" cxpTje-ftral * hiinself in opposition to the
propo-itioij, preferring* to retain the Government privilege pf calling in the thre#-and-a-
hatf-per-centVbo*ri(isat anj time.
Ci-g export. O^lnitteit^-frorn this potmtry to
England - lias - tiM£ oiT'exactlj1, one-ljdfjf  in
twelve moptlig,"^g^i.ea-ens to fall ol^piore,
on account, it is^ljeged," of the way oleomargarine Jias beenioiposf-d upon the English for
•*    genuine^ butter.
' i, °* M-ifai'tife Resident nominated J. C.
1 aneroft:Da,vi8,M^ew york, to be Assistant
SecretarypfStaf-^feo^ the nomfnations
sent to the Senate -fl„ t)*e jflth was that of
" S-fTow Brew?td1*' of Pennsylvania, to be
.Umtcd States Attorney-General. On the
evening of the last-named day Mr. Brewster
few a long interview -with
WEimj December 14.—Bills were introduced'' Senate: By Mr. Camden, providing fo'appropriatioii to improve the
'Ofiio-RivJV-st Yirginia; by Mr. Plumb,
making jjdatory upon the Secretary of
the Treaio issue certificates upon depos-
.its of g(| silver bullion. A resolution
was .adefdirecting the Secretary of the
Treasurgrepare a statement showing the
numbcr.arms in South Carolina sold for
taxes ill insurrectionary districts. The
Commii)n Territories reported a biJl to
straight northeruboundar3"of Nebraska.
Mr. Harcpolntion on woman- suffrage
was taip and debated during the morning
hdti'rr i further consideration was post-
ponedle bill relating to the Presidential
succeawas taken up and debated by
Messr-ek, Maxey, Anthony and others.
Wlth*|aching a vote the Senate went into
excedsession, aud then adjourned. The
Housfnotin session.
Tniir, December 15—Numerous peti- I
tions % presented in the Senate forthe
reguliJof railroad transportation rates and
for tb-jitioh of ta*ces on bank deposits aud
chcekw*. Sherman, from the Committee
onFiMreported back the bill providing
fbr*th*%of three-per-cent. bonds, and Said
he Stouilsb that it be considered im-
medatcl^er the holidays. A resolution
was adoi instructing the Committee on
Pensions jquirc if the pension of the widow of Abin Lincoln ought to be increased.
Bills wentroduced and referred: By Mr.
Coke, toulate inter-State commerce*, by
Mr. Beckirepeal the taxes on bank deposits; b}-Jllumb, to authorize the issue of
silver certies and silver dollars on deposit
of silver Tim. The various subjects in the
Presidenttessage were referred to appropriate coatees. Messrs. Garland, Coke
and Jonjdebated the bill in relation
to the Plential succession. A message
was receivrom the President in relation to
a railroadffc ofscay across the Indian Ter-
rctoiy, wtav'as read and referred. An Ex-
ecntivem^e in relation to the Cl.ayton-
Butwer tnjtwas also received and referred.
Adjoui-nmfollowed after a short executive
session,   iilouse was not in session.
FnrDxVr.ceinbe'r 16.—A number of bills
were introed in the Senate aud referred,
among whwas one for the prevention aud
suppressiorof plcuro-pneumonia in neat
cattle IMVoorhees addressed the Senate on thairt of the President'smessage relating to tjepeal of the law authorizing silr
ver coinagi'd the issue of silver certificates.
*Bie resoluis with respect to the Florida
Ship Canalye adopted. The bill legalizing
the eleetiol the Legislature of New Mexico,
December kissed. Adjourned until the 19th.
In the Horlhe Speaker announced the select commia on the expenses attending the
illness andirial of General Garfield. A large
number of p were introduced and referred,
among therills: to regulate suffrage in the
Territories describing oaths for jurors in
bigamy casjto register voters in Utah; to repeal bank tis and stamps on checks andpro-
prietary artis; providing for the paymentof
the interest'aring debt of the United States
in lawful myy; to reduce the price of public lands win railroad limits to $1.15 per
acre; to alih the duties on salt; forthe
free eoinagnf silver; appropriating $50,000
to Mrs. Gatld; for the appointment j>f. a
Tariff Comriiion; etc., etc. Adjourned until
the li'th.     ■,
I The East,
The armtfeement is made that the Directors of t Mechanics* Bank of Newark,
X. J., have '{-ed S700,000 with which to reorganize. I s stated that small depositors
will be paid i full, while seventy-live per
cont. will be sbursed on large sums.
B. Fi'.VNiiJooKE has been tried at New
York for viriing the Postal law in sending
s through the mails, and fined
Pope that there will be an uprising-of the
Utes, Piutes and Navajoes in New Mexico in
the spring. The Indians on trie Utah reservation, he says, are being freely furnished with
arms by the Mormons,
Miss Kate K.vse, the Milwaukee woman
lawyer, has been admitted to practice in the
"Wisconsin Supreme Court.
A pew days ago Solomon Davis, a colored
lad of fourteen, residing at Warrenton, N. C,
loadedhis father's musket and killed his little
sister because she insisted upon telling their
mother of his theft of cold 'possum from the
pantry.
A few evenings ago a band of robbers entered the express car of a Southern Pacific
train, near El Paso, Tex., prostrated Messenger Banvard with the butt of a revolver, and
took from his safe §3,000 in cash and ?12,000
in valuable property. As the train slowed up.
at a small station the thieves dropped off, and
crossed into Mexico.
Tke Garfield Monument Committee of
Cleveland announces that residents of that
city have subscribed over 851,000, and §25,000
has been forwarded fr.om various sections of
the country.   The amount desired is $350,000.
IntelIiIGEXCe was received at Sau Antonio,
Texas, on the 15th, that Chief Arragattie and
thirty of his tribe had been captured by Mexican troops, on the Northern Rio Grande.
These constitute the main remnant of Victoria's band.
Five Chicago jobbers have been prosecuted
for dealing in adulterated butter.
FrvE men were recently drowned by being
carried over the falls iu skiffs near Charles-
town, W. Va.
CniEF-JrsTieK Hu>"TEn, at- Salt Lake, Utah,
has refused to set aside or modify the order
heretofore made by him in the case of Campbell vs. Cannon, in which lie held that the certificate of naturalization held by George Q.
Cannou was* obtained by fraud, aud had been
fraudulently used, and was void on its face.
This reaffirms that Mr. Cannon is an alien.
Cam)welt., Kan., was raided by a party of
cowboys on the 17th. Talbot, the leader,
killed ex-Mayor Meagher, which he last year
threatened to do. The citizens of Caldwell
organized at once to crush out the raid, and
as the murderers rode Out of town toward Indian Territory two of them were shot dead,
several others wounded, and a number captured.   Talbot, the chieftain, escaped.
Foreign. Iiitellijsrenee.
A nrEETi^G of Irish land owners was recently held in London, at which it was resolved to
take up a subscription in behalf of persons
unable to gather crops. The. London World
of a recent date says it was proposed to indict
Healy and O'Connor, on their arrival in England, for the part they took in the Land-
League Convention at Chicago..
Tue yellow fever is said to have assumed
alarming proportions at Barbadoes and in San
Domingo.
Accokdixg to late Rome (Italy) journals
the question of the Pope's departure was seriously mooted. It was reported that his
Holiness had advised the Bishops, who came
to Rome to attend the canonization crcmoiiy,
of his intention to leave Rome.
A meeting was recently held at Westminster Abbey,, London, at whicluit.was resolved
to place a recumbent effigy of Dean Stanley
near the grave of his wife. The Prince of
Wales was appointed to receive subscriptions.
United States Minister Lowell participated in
the proceedings, and expressed the hope that
the American people would be allowed to contribute to the fuud.
PiekOla has resigned the Presidency of
Peru and embarked for Europe.
A few days ago an Englishman, walking
leisurely about the walls of the prison at Malaga, Spain, was challenged five times by the
sentry, and then shot dead.
Fi'Esn competition in telegraphic communication with America and India is expected
from a new company, to be launched in Loudon in January.
The Dublin Police recently entered the office
of the United Ireland, arrested a clerk and the
sub-editor, and removed all papers to the
castle.
It was announced on the loth that Dillon
had been informed that he could at once obtain freedom by promising to leave Ireland,
but he declined to give a pledge. Several convictions for agrarian offenses had been obtained at tlie current assizes. Several hundred tenant-farmfe'g plowed Parnell's land, in
County Wieklow, and performed all necessary
work, meantime cheering for the imprisoned
leaders.
Ix London, recently, Dr. Carver, the celebrated American marksman, defeated two English shots.
O'ScLMVAX, a Tenants'Land Valuator, was
one of a number arrested in Ireland recently.
The fund for tbe imprisoned suspects had
readied a total of £4.000.
Report of the Mississippi Kiver
mission.
Com-
MICHIGAN STATE SEWS.
lotterj- circi*".-:
S500.
A pew da.
the stockho
to the effect
protection o
ago, at the annnal meeting of
rs of the Kecley Motor in Phil
adelphia, th nniial report of the Directors,
lat the inventor should, for the
he stockholders, take out pat
ents to cove is invention, was adopted.
The New ork Board of Trade recently
adorjtcd a reaution asking Congress to make
trade dollars legal tender to the same extent
ris the standajl silver dollar.
have been adopted by the
: of New York City, favoring an
iy Congress for the Hennepin
Resolution
Board of Tra
appropriatioi
Canal.
Tire famoi
the Presideut, at
Arctic explorer, Dr. Isaac T.
#ayes, died sjldenly ip New York City on the
17th, of liRijt disease. He was forty-nine
years of age.;
lx the sfrc-ls of New Yorlj, the other day,
the police piced up an old man who had literally starved o death.
A r,ETTER 1 s been received in Springfield,
III., from Mr* Abraham Lincoln, who is stopping in New fork, stating that she had almost completely lost the use of her eyes and
was threatend with total blindness. She was
unable to wrifc, and ber letters were written
at her dictafci<ji by an attendant.
vilest and Soutb.
A TVELL-iy-pjiME-i scout, the oldest in the
Government' (fcrvice- ba** reportccl to General
LATER.     ' J
At the opening of the Criminal Court in
Washington on the 19th announcement was
made of the death of the wife of one of the
jurymen, and the,Guiteau trial was adjourned
to the 21'_t.
A WAsnrxGTOx special of the 19th says ex-
Secretary Blaine had declined to deliver the
eulogy on the late President Garfield before
the National House of Representatives.
The President on the 19th nominated Horace Gray, of Massachusetts, to be Associate
Justice of the 'Supreme Court, and W. II.
Trescott to be Special Envoy to Chili, Peru
and Bolivia.
Ix the United States Senate on the 19th the
nominations of J. C. Bancroft Davis to be As^
Sistant Secretary of State, and B. H. Brewster
of Pennsylvania, tobe Attorney General were
confirmed. Bills were introduced—by Mr.
Williams, to prevent the .exportation 6f-dis-
eased Cattle and the spread of infectious diseases among domestic iinimals■; by Mr. Hoar,
to regulate'the counting Of Electoral votes
for President and Vice-President. . Ifi the
House a bill passed to confer tlie franking
privilege on Mrs. Garfield. Bills were
introduced—tb authorize National Banks
to make loans by mortgage on real estate:; to
permit the purchase and register of foreign-
built ships by citizens of the United States;
to apply the proceeds of the'stile of public
lands to the education of the peoplp-; to abolish taxes on the sale of leaf tobacco in the
hands of producers; to abolish duties on salt
and sundry articles; to niake the trade dollar
legal tender.   Adjourned until the 3lst.
GovEitNon Chui'C'hill, of Arkansas, formerly State Treasurer, is charged.- with a
shortage of ■'tfojOOO in his accounts.
A itEWAitn of §1,000 has been offered' for the
capture of the Caldwell cow-boys, dead or-
alive.
* Fi'KTiiEit agrarian disturbances were reported in Ireland on the 19th. A prison, had
been prepared for the feniale Land Leaguers,
and the Lord Lieutenant had instvueted tho
police to prevent auy wonian from participating in illegal proceedings.. A mall-car plying
between New Pallas ami Dbon lnuj been
stopped by artned men, and the letter.-' scorched., The United Ireland was hereafter to be
published in London..
The United States Supreme Court" has recently decided that failure to pay an insurance premium when due forfeits the '"-hole
policy, and that sickness or incapac.ity,isj not
a valid excuse for non-payment. ■'".
Forty lives were lost by a colliery explosion
at Bolton, Eng., on the I9th.
On the 19th two passengers on a Hannibal
& St, Joseph train drew revolvers aiid demanded the money of the passengers. ' The
conductor aud the train crew threw the ruffians into the ditch at Utica, and sent back
men to an'cst them.
At Soudan, Egypt, recently, a false prophet*
with 1,500 followers killed Governor Forslipda,
ahd totally annihilated, his force of 350 Egyptians. -,*
The Comptroller, of the Currency has orderedan assessment ot 100* per cent, upon the
stockholders of the PacWc Jfyt'OT't! P'IBKr 9f
Boston.
Washington, December 15.
The Senate to-day received from the Secretary of War the annual report of the Mississippi River Commission. It covers the progress-made in surveys and examinations from
the date of the last report, January 8,1SS1, up
to October 10, 1S81. During this period the
triangulation of the river has been completed
from Arkansas City, Ark., to Greenville, Miss.,
where it joins the Coast Survey'River, now-
triangulated from Keokuk, Iowa, to the
Gulf of Mexico. Tlie lines of precise levels
are complete between Keokuk and New Orleans. With the remainder of the present appropriation it is hoped during the coming
year to complete the final topography and
hydrography from St. Louis toVicksburg, and
complete the work of ascertaining the lines
of levels across the alluvial bottoms of the
Mississippi.
The Commission report they have expended
$144,000 for surveys from December 11,1880,
to November 19, 1881, and have a balance of
$111,000, which it is thought will be expended
during the remainder of the current year ending June 30,1883. The estimates of the next
fiscal year for surveys, etc., call for $200,000.
The works of improvement contemplated under the existing appropriations include channel
improvements upon two reaches, the first-lying
between Cairo and Memphis, a distauce of 145
miles, and the second between Skipwith's
Landing, La., and Island No. 95, a distauce of
twenty-five miles.
* It is the unanimous opinion of the Commission that the improvement and navigation of
the Mississippi below Cairo, upon the general
plan recommended in their report of February
17,1S80, is entirely practicable, and that the
completion of the work for which partial estimates were then submitted will establish a
continuous low-river channel not less than ten
feet deep over all shoals and bars between
Cairo and the head of the passes, with a possibility of attaining practicable depths considerably beyond that limit.
The Commission estimates the total cost of
the improvements needed in the Mississippi
at $33,000,000. Of the $1,000,000 appropriated
by the act of March 3,1SS1, $250,000 had been
expended-up to Nov. 25,1881, and the remainder, $750,000, will, it is thought, be expended
during the present fiscal year. For the next
fiscal year $3,113,000 is asked to contract the
channel and protect caving banks on .six
reaches of tbe river, 184 miles in length, and
$1,010,000 for closing existing gaps in the
levees.
On the subject of the levee system the Commission repeat the conclusions submitted in
their report of February, 18S0, in which they
say, among other things, that in a restricted
sense, as auxiliary to the plan of channel improvements only, the construction and maintenance of the levee system is not demanded,
but, in the larger sense as-embracing not only
the beneficial effects upon the channel, but as
a protection against destructive floods, the
levee system is essential, and -would also promote and facilitate the commerce, trade and
postal seirice.
The Commission renew the recommendation
contained in the former report that provisions
be made by law for appropriations of land or
material when needed in the improvement of
the river and not otherwise obtainable. It is
recommended that authority be given tho
Commission in charge of the work to apply to
the United States Courts for condemnation ol
land or material and assessment of damage to
owner. In addition to such legislation it is
recommended that Congress declare to what
extent the river sliall be under the Control ol
the Commission during the progress of the
work, and under what circumstances And to
what extent the material fonnd on bars or
islands within the banks may be used without
compensation to owners.
Ex-Secretary Blaine and the Clayton-
Buhyer Treaty.
Tlie Michigan Salt Product.
The report of the State Salt Inspector shows
that ddring the month of November, tnere was
inspected in the State 265,262 barrels df salt.
The inspection year closed with November 30,
the month of December* rebmmencing the inspection year of 1882. The following comparative figures are of interest:
1878.      -Bra.      1880.       1881.
Decemher 104,653    97,887   171,5)17   148,180
January...'. 82,778    99,505  137,589   1G(J,459
February... 63,963    53,963  113,115   126,142
March.-J ....55,387   100,348" 131,508   134,487
April.... 131,713   120,171   153,204    95,745
May.....  71,323   171,3--   233,190   232,219
June ........187,874   226,199   291,593   342,205
July 213,953   232,G0S   266,358   ^T/***
August. — —- -~~
September
October
November
The salt manufacture in this State commenced in 1860, aud the Inspcctionlaw was not
enacted until 1S69. Previous to the Inspection
law the annual product was as follows :
Barrens.
1860    -1,000
1861. ..125,000
1S62 - 24,',000
1863...   4C6,a')6
1864 529,073
1865. 477,200
1886 407,077
1867..... 473,721
1868... ., -• 555,690
The product since 1S65, at which time the
Inspection law book took effect Is as follows:
Barrels.
1869 i    560,818
1870....    021,350
1871 ...»    728,175
1872. .........*.    724,4SI
1873    823,316
1874 ..-. ....... 1,028,979
1S75 - ......1,0S1,865
1876..., .1,462,729
1877 - 1,960,977
1S78 -• ....1,855,844
1879 2,058.010
1880 2,676,588
18S1..... 2,715,656
Secretary JBlaixe's letter to Minister Lowell, explaining the attitude of the United
States in reference to the Panama Canal and
the modification of tbeClayton-BuliverTrcaty,
was transmitted, to Congress a few days ago,
by the President, in response to a resolution
by the Senate. The letter is dated November
19,1881, and in it Mr. Blaine declares that the
conditions under which the Clay.ton-Bulwer
Treaty was made had long siuce ceased to exist, and could never be reproduced. The development of the Pacific States has created
new duties and responsibilities for.onr"Government, and to the proper discharge of those
duties a modification of tlie treaty is necessary. In reference to the Panama Canal, it
says that it would be no more unreasonable
for the United States to demand a share in the
Suez Canal fortiticat!ons, or their neutralization, than for .England to make demand for
the perpetual neutralization of the Panama
Canal. Mr. Blaine takes occasion to reaffirm
the Monroe doctrine, and suggests the following modifications in the Clayton-Bul-
wer Treaty .* That every part which forbids
the United States fortifying the canal
and holding political control over it in connection with the United States of Colombia be
canceled; that every part in which Great
Britain and the United States°agrced to make
no acquisition of territory in Central America
shall remain in force;' that, 'theUnited States
will not object to maintain the clause refer-
ring.to the establishment of afrccpartat each
end of the canal, if England desires that provision retained; and that the provision by
which the two Governments agree to a joint
protectorate of whatever railroad or Canal may
be constructed be considered obsolete. The
letter states that the United States will make
joint proclamation with the country in which
the canal is located that it shall alwaysbeopen
in time of peace to tlie commerce of every
country, but in time of war will be impartially
closed io war-vessels of all nations. The communication concludes as follows:
"In presenting the views contained herein
to Lord Granville j'ou will take occasion to
say that the Government of the United States
seeks this particular time for discussion as the
most opportune and auspicious. Atno period
since the peace of 1783 have the relations between the British and American Governments
been so cordial and friendly as now, and I am
sure her Majesty's Government will find iu
the views now suggested and propositions now
submitted additional evidence ot the desire of
this Government to remove all possible
grounds of controversy between the two Nations, which ljavc so many reasons for honorable and lasting peace.
"You will atthe earliest opportunity acquaint"
Lord Granville with the purpose of theUnited
States touching the Olayton-Bulwer Treaty,
and iu your own way you will- impress him
fully with the views ot your Government. I
refrain from directing that a copy of this instruction be left with his Lordship, because in
reviewing the case I have necessarily been
compelled, in drawing illustrations from British policy, to indulge somewhat freely in 'ar-
gumentum ad Imminent.' This course of reasoning in instructions to our own Ministers is
altogether le.c-jtimate and pertinent, and yet
might seem discourteous if addressed directly
to the British Government. You-may deem it
expedient to make this explanation to Lord
Granville. If afterwards he shall desire a copy,
of this instruction you will, of course, funiisn
It." ___\^K1___   ■
-—A commemorative silver plate has
been placed upon the pew formerly occupied by President Garfield in the
Christian Chureh at Washington, lt is
inseribed with his name and the dates
of his birth and death. Since his death
the pew lias been draped hi mourning,
and it is to be kept thus draped as long
as tlie church stands.
—The dogwood tre8 is Known by .its
bark.—N. 0.\ Picayune., While pigweed is known by its root,*—petfoU Free
fress,
Scissors.
Public JLiindti in Michigan.
The State Commissioner of Immigration has
prepared the following table showing the number of acres of United States, State and Rail-
roadlands in each county inthe State, openfor
purchase and settlement:
Counties.
c-5
iS
OS
^ c
t>2
is
u
tt s
i**?, X
-
Is*
3Sfe
I "
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r^C
2
ese
'tl
CO
65
-*-" <•-    •
C r> se
«3v*h
<*> -\
*_1s
is
Alcojia..	
Alloxan ..
Alpena	
Antrim	
Baraga	
Barry	
Bay	
Benzie........
Berrien	
Branch	
Calhoun......
Cass 	
Charlevoix..*.
Cheboygan..
Chippewa....
Clare	
Clinton	
Crawford	
Delhi.	
Eaton	
JEmmet	
Genesee	
Gladwin	
(ir'nd Traverse
Gratiot	
Hillsdale	
Houghton	
Huron	
Ingham	
Ionia..	
Iosco	
Isabella	
Isle Royal	
Jackson	
Kalamazoo	
Kalkaska	
Kent	
Keweenaw.....
Lake	
Lapeer ....*.
Leelanaw	
Lenawee... . .
Livingston	
Mackinac	
Macomb	
Manistee	
Manitou;	
Marquette. ....
Mason..	
Mecosta	
Menominee	
Midland..	
Missaukee......
Monroe,.......
Montcalm.....
Montmorency.
Muskegon	
Newaygo..*	
Oakland........
Oceana.... ....
Ogemaw.......
Ontonagon.....
Osceola	
Oscoda.........
Otsego.......
Ottawa.......
PresqueTslo.
.Roscommon..
Saginaw	
Sanilac	
Schoolcraft..
Shiawassee....
St. Clair	
St. Joseph	
Tuscola	
Van Buren..
Washtenaw..
Wayne.......
Wexford	
Total....:..
9,300
"lyx'so
571
62,000
3.75G
151
10,74-S
202,600]
2,075'
'
"23,-57'
135,340
'"'BAl
1,893
120
59,6667
28,000
40
14,640
4,101
*4b03;'
3,119'
2,035 *'
78,00a
"l^SSS
35,393.
233,600'
4,707!
, i
45,800,
'* '2,833!
 m
45,907i
l,160j
8SS|
' "iaiil
1,560:
363.000,
'.GO'
67,150!
4,074:
80'
31.563
11,453.
7,500!
i
.........
45,801.
3,1101
53,280|.
12,369!
11,774;
151*.
3.301!
12,606.
70.
46.
280!.
"7*403 '
37,175!
34,156'
5,524j
125
18,782'
15,778}
260,
12,176.*
80;
6,109,
5,817.
1,520
13,543
3,177
C00.
801.
50,'610!.
760'
7,603".
4801.
210'.
11,308
'2'2Ti
5,833
.S181.
3,4Mj.
"2467
*U,543j
"ii.039*
_;n_fi.
43,605
2,S81
1,163'
16,991,
4.089:
16,44$!
139,.
340;
43,5131
4,128 .
4,622;
120.
1,240
8,420.
44,888
2,469
25,409
18,887
1.2S0
67i7H9
28,933
4,003
2,843'
3S.266:
"2,4i6.
80.
3,9301.
360".
445
l6o",*207
53,000
""^COS
64,367
66,080
431,887
4,010
lifl-isa:
200,520
1.21
561190
3,380
76I666
5,000
85,628
387
,  5,000
86,309
275,660;
....   ..'
'**4,i*89i
.......J
478,717'
45,000
19,235:
170,200'
11,000!
56,443
'* 1,441
445
"22,*l***}7
*"o7666
20,333
170,000
07,114
1,947
93,331
47,500
4,720
47L193
1,006 33,517*1    98.185
1,717,246;861,185'3,430,115 6,008,540
55,104
3.555
59,340
119,147
125,774
151
6,909
16,353
70
46
73,014
114,003
758,043
11,63:*
135
158,721
351,«3S
200
14,520
80
7.309
03,906
4,020
142,543
3,177
«W
80
5S303
480
240
101.037
387
-1,211
&"»,161
SIS
6,428
*" "*3.*6
838,209
"38,1*30
19.319
7.4,923
53,648
20,398
3-:i5.991
15,089
75,734
139
3,731
SS,S05
5,394
2S.347
120
8,351
30,303
577,888
69,743
94.506
110,285
1,360
99,333
87,876
8,783
3,843
046.959
,,«
" *2,416
80
3,920
5560
132,703
[Fractions of acres are not included inthe
column showing amounts of State lands, but are
carried into the footingas well as into thegen-
eral total of the last column.]
Michigan  Items.
The following are the Detroit wheat quotations: Ko. 1 White, $1.87@l37i-4": JN'o. 2
White,   SL33@1.33K'    No.  2 Red,   §1.40©
1.40K*
An owl was captured in Muskegon the other
day which measured live feet eight" inches from
tip to tip of its wings.
The Board of Regents have completed their
investigation of the charges against Prof. E.
C. 'Franklin, of the Homeopathic College. He
was charged with issuing a fraudulent, time
certificate to a student named Skcels, with
manufacturing false testimony to exonerate
hiniself, and with violating the express rule Of
the board forbidding personal detraction in
public prints by members of the Faculty. The
Board exonerated Dr. Franklin from the first
two charges, and postponed the decision as to
the third charge until the next meeting.'---
The water-works at Marquette were clogged
with sawdust a few days ago. The sawdust
from the mills cnterA tbe lake, and was driven
by the wind to the iiilet, where it entered the
pipes, making an expensive job necessary to
clear them.*
For the week ended December 3, 1881, the
bulletin issued by tlie State Board of Health
shows a slight increase in tlie area of prevalence of neuralgia, bronchitis and diphtheria,
and a considerable decrease in that of intermittent fever.
The following table exhibits in gross tons
the total lake shipments of iron-ore the present season up to and including November 30,
together with the amount shipped during the
j corresponding period last year:
im.     i-Si.
Escanaba ',...*    1,459,815
Mrtrquettc..... .••••       711,609
L'Anse. ■■—.■       ••••       53,003
Total  - 1,850,025  2,225,087
An increase of 374,462 gross tons.
Prof. Brown, the niind-rcader, may be addressed at Detroit Jail, where he is inc-ircer-
atcd on charge of swindling William McMillan
out of *r,rio.
,. On the llth Prentis & JNcvins" faiming-mill
factory at Otsego was burned.   Loss §20,000.
A few nights ago Postmaster Pixley, ot
Bronson, went out for a walk, and shortly
after staggered in all muddy, and fell to tho
floor unconscious. The doctors say that his
brain was affected.
Charles AV. Clisbec, whose sonorous voice
filled the Exposition building at the Chicago
Convention during the monotonous roll-calls,
has been appointed Reading-Clerk of the National House of Representatives.
Another salt district has been organized,
compri-iiug Gratiot C-oiintyj, and A, S. Thoinp-
soar, Of St. Louis; lias beep (TppoHitwlJnspector
lor the new nigf rict,
There is perhaps no one object in na^
ture which brings to woruan so much,
trouble and vexation as her scissors.
Five per cent, of married women quarrel with their husbands and thirteen per
cent, of all women quarrel with their
best female friends over the question:
Is the word scissors singular or plural?
When the lmrried husband, anxious to
cut the ragged edges of his wristbands
before going to his business,- cries out to
his wife*. " Gimme that scissors,1' and
she calmly replies: "You "should say
• those scissors,1 my dear," the peace of
the household is threatened; and when
the wife's most intimate friend says to
her: " I notice you always say ' those
scissors,1 but Charles tells me that you
should say ' that scissors,1"' the reply
cuts asuiider the friendship of many
years.
The chief trouble caused by scissors is
not, .however, due to their disputed
grammatical rank. It arises from the
frequency with which they ai'e lost.
There is "no domestic article—not even
the tack-hammer, the bed-wrench or
the cork-screw—which disappears so
constantly as does the scissors. Not a
day passes in any industrious household avithout at least one prolonged
search for the scissors. Curiously
enough, it is always discovered by the
one who wants the scissors that some
one else has wickedly or carelessly mislaid them. "Mary, you had my scissors last; now where are they?11 or,
"Susan, you didn't give me back my
scissors this morning; what did you do
with them?11 are remarks which in substance are heard in nine houses out of
ten every day in the year. Of the shy
and vicious ways of scissors and their
proneness to conceal themselves little
note is taked ,by the searcher, and her
first and uniform impulse is to assume
that her children, her mother, her sister
or her visiting friend has wantonly lost
the scissor?.
It is, nevertheless, well known that
scissors lose themselves purposely, either
through unconquerable shj'ness or ineradicable viciousness. Man}-* women,
taking pattern by the habit which some
men have of labeling their dogs with engraved collars, try to insure the safety
of their scissors by attaching to them
long red or blue ribbons. The plan is a
useless one, even in the case of the dogs.
It is assumed that when a dog has wandered from home -and forgotten both his
masters name and residence, he will
twist his head over his shoulders and refresh his memory by reading theinscrip-
tion on his collai-, after which he will
gladly seek his home. Even were it
poSsilDle for a dog to so twist his head as
to read what is engraved on his collar—
a feat which any anatomist will declare
to be impossible—it does not follow that
the dog would instantly be smitten with
a desire to go home. Tacts prove that
dogs with engraved collars lose themselves at least as frequently as other
dogs, and that the collar is of no sort of
use except as an ornament. Equally
useless is the custom of tying a piece of
ribbon to a pair of scissors. Were the
ribbon attached to a ring in the wall, it
would, of course, keep the scissors in
confinement—that is, if it were strong
enough—but as it is, the scissors simply
carry the ribbon, with them into hiding.
Cases have been known of scissors which
have concealed themselves in holes, into
which they have carefully drawn every
inch of their accompanying ribbons, and
it is simply wonderful that women
should still cling to the delusion that
ribbon preA*ents the loss of scissors inthe
face of the countless demonstrations that
it does nothing of the land.
It is the belief of the best scientific
men that scissors lind the light very
painful, and bury themselves under
beds, and behind articles of furniture in
order to avoid the light. The ""justly
famous Prof. "STasmythe, of Chicago,
asserts that on one occasion h^ surprised a whole school of scissors in the
act of concealing themselves. The
scissors in question, of which there
were six, belonged to Mrs. "Nasmythe,
and had been left by her, on retiring to
bed, in her. work-basket in the back
parlor on the* jfirst floor of the house.
The Professor, on the evening in question, had been attending the meeting
of a scientific club, and, returning home
late at night, discovered the six scissors
Stealthily ascending the thircL-story
stairs on their way to the attic. They
moved silently on their points and with
their handles in the air, and when he
caught, them and placed them for safekeeping in his bureau drawer they remained perfectly motionless. They
were found in the drawer the next
morning, and Mrs. Nasmythe does not
yet k* low how they came there.
Having thus discovered that scissors
move by alternately advancing their
points, the Professor has invented a variety of scissors which he claims cannot
move. The two blades are made precisely alike, each having a double edge,
and are put together with a spring clasp.
When not in use, the blades are separated, and asneither blade can move by
itself—any more than a one-legged man
can walk—neither can run away. Three
months ago he pr v led Mrs. Nasmythe
with twelve interchangeable blades, not-
one of which has ever - been missed so
long as the: blades were separated when
laid in the workbasket. One pair of
blades was, hbweA-er, carelessly laid
down while fastened together" and disappeared in thq^bourse of the day so
completely that not a trace of either of
the blades has ever since been found.
The security against loss which the new
style of scissors thus gives will necessarily make them veiy popular, and
Prof. Nasmythe, who has patented his
invention, will grow rich in money and
inthe gratitude of countless thankful
women.—N. Y. Times.
"Wish to buy a watch this morning,
BirP"
"I would if I could afford it.1'
"Anybody can afford to buy these
watches. It is actually cheaper for a
man to buy one of them than to go
without. You don't believe it? I'll
prove it to you. The other day a fellow who was going out into the country
for a few days came inhere and bought
one of these solid filled hunting-cased,
stem-winding and stem-pushing, thirteen-] eweled, Howard movement
watches of me for fourteen dollars—"
"Fourteen dollars!'1 exclaimed the
stranger, in a tone of surprise, now regarding the yellow fraud with new interest.
"Yes, fourteen dollars. That's all
they cost. He was only gone three
days, during which time he became engaged to marry a girl Avorth forty thousand dollars, and when he came back
he had swapped that watch off for a
four-year-old colt that he sold for eighty-
five dollars. He came right in here and
got three more of the watches, and has
gone out into the country to swap them
off with an old farrner for a pair of bay
mares, six years old, that can trot better
than 2:4:0 in double harness. Expect
him back to-day."
"He did very wrong," said the
stranger, sententiously.
" Eli! Oh, of course! Certainly. I told
him so. Told him he ought to tell the
farmers that they could get the watches
here of me for fourteen dollars, but he
is one of those wild, speculating fellows,
and I couldn't control him. Will you
have one of them, sir?"
The stranger's right hand started
toward his i*ocket, hesitated a moment,
and then drew forth a well-worn but
very corpulent wallet. ""Zes, I'll take
one," said he, hesitatingly. "You see,
I am going ux> into the Lake Superior
country to preach among the lumber
jjanips this winter, and a Avatch AAill be
a good deal of company for me," as
he laid cIoaati his money on the counter.
" Are you a preacher," inquired the
auctioneer, AA'ith a look of surprise on
his face.
"AArery unworthy one," was the
meek reply.
"Why in blazes didn't you say so,
then! I abvays sell cheaper to preachers. ThatAvatch only cost me $11.25,
and you can have it at cost. Yes, confound it! for §10, and here's a chain
into the bargain. Noav git out!" as the
stranger began uttering thanks.
After he AA'as Avell outside the door,
the auctioneer .explained: "I'd rather
a-given § 10 than haA*e that f elloAV buy
that watch. I never cheated a parson
before. Confound it! lAA*on'tbe able
to sleep all night- Hoav he did take me
in Who'd, a thought he Avas a parson?
Hange'dif I didn't think he was either
an out-and-out seed or a green policeman playing detective. Well!" Avith a
little nervous laugh, "if he preaches by
that Avatdh, he'll be tried for heterodoxy  within   a month.—Detroit Free
Press.
■—. ~» » »	
Fashion Notes.
PERSONAL AND LITEKAKY.
—The gossips say that Gilbert and!!
Sullivan are to Avrite an operetta on" ani
American subject. •
—The London Times'1 memoir of President Garfield has been reprinted and]
sells for an English penny. *
—Senator Hill, of Georgia, uoav speaks;
with a perceptible lisp, but his physicians
assure him that it Avill wear off, and thatthe cancer on his tongue may be considered cured.
—Mr. Oscar Wilde Avill arrive in this
country next month, and will 3mmedi-i
ately begin to give lectures on art subi
jects. Before leaving London he wilt
bring out an original play. ■    . -    !
• —Mrs. Garfield has been elected the
first honorary member of the NeAv*
Shakespeare Society of London," as-a
slight tribute of admiration for the loving devotion shown by her during the
long and painful illness of the late President. I
—Mi-. A. B. Alcott is said to seldom
pass a day Avithout composing a sonnet
or stanza. He is eighty-tAvo years old.
His daughter Louisa is forty-nine. Miss?
Alcott is about to bring out a neAv and
altered edition of her first novel^
"Moods." • ■    ■ * !
-—The quarrel between Anna.Dickin**
son and Fanny Davenport has resulted,
in a suit brought in Philadelphia by the
former to compel a retm'n by the latter
of the manuscript of "An American
Girl,1* the play whose failure, caused the
disagreement. The author says that the
actress ruined the piece by making inartistic interpolations, and the actress
replies that she did so in order to aroiise
the audiences to some faint interest in
the performance.
—The late eecentric English writer,
George BorroAv, suffered from what ho
called " the horrors," which was nothing more than nervousness which accompanies an over Avrought milld
brought on by too much metaphysics,
that led him into the origin of nature
and of his OAvn being, but AArhen hef ound
himself approaching the vanishing point
of reason his remedy was at hand.
"What do. you think I do," he saidl,
Avhenlget beAvildered after this fashion?
I go out to the sty and listen to thie
grunting of the pigs till I get back t$
myself." '
HUMOROUS.
Selling a Watch.
"Yes," said the auctioneer, " standing up here and selling goods hour after hour and day after day as I do, a
fellow gets so that he can tell Avhether
a man Avants to buy anything, or Avheth-
or he merely comes in to 'gaAVp' around
the shoAv cases. Noav there's a man
coming in to AArhom you couldn't sell
si.A-er dollars at fifty cents apiece."
The stranger carried a black leather
valise Avith the glazing Avorn off at the
corners, and, though respectably dressed,
there Avas a shiny appearauce to the
sleeves of his coat that indicated .1 long-
forgotten, tailor. He looked longingly
at the yellow Avatches, but finally, and
with evident reluctance, moA-ed along
doAvn the show-case, past the hunting-
casdd Silver watches to Avhere the cheap
open faced ones were displaye*d. Here
he paused, and commenced scrutinizing
them as if computing their probable
▼alues, and how much his pocketbook
-would have to shrink to effect a purchase.
'•Hanged if I don't think the snoozer
Avants a Avhite sup6r!" exclaimed the
auctioneer in a low tone as lie darted
around behind the counter* and assumed
his professional smile and voice,
Bodices grow longer and longer.
Short visites are by no means out of
vogue.
Cheviot dresses look best when tailor-
made.
Flannel-finished cloths are much in
demand.
None but aesthetics Avear short Avaists
just now.
Tortoise-shell ornaments are neA'er out
of vogue.
The eagles' claw is again a fashionable
ornament.
Short AA-aists Avill remain perdu until
next spring.
Curly plush is one of the prettiest
trimming materials.
Light-colored heavy Avraps are much
Avorn this AAinter.
Black remains the favorite dress of
American AA-omen.
Plush basques with moire collars and
cuffs are much admired.
The tailor-cut jacket retains its place
among fashionable winter wraps. •
Large pokes Avith sugar-loaf crowns
take precedence of all other bonnets.
Plush is the prettiest trimming for a
eheAiot dress Avhen it is trimmed at all.
Satin and plush muffs take the place
of fur ones in all but the severest weather.
The fashionable brocades of this win**
ter are veiy magnificent, but very expensive.
Frog buttons and parallel rsw$ of Titan
braid trim cloth dresses ver^glegantly.
Plush is the favorite materianwor independent basques, to be worn ivith a variety of-skirts.
For all cloth-finished fabrics self trimmings and machine stitching should be
preferred.
Rhine crystal lace pins, combs and
bracelets retain their place among fashionable ornaments.
Although greatlength is thefeature of
the AAinter AAa*aps, it is permissible to
AArearEshort ones.
Immense felt hats, with plushlike
edges to the brim, are worn side by side
with small capotes of velvet.
Combination costumes of new stuffs
shoulcLnot be so gay as those where one
or th j other material is old.
Dark all-AVOol chcAiots of pure avooI
and good colors sell in large quantities
for business and fatigue costumes.
Fancy pearl or silver buttons, not of
the largest size, adorn many of the
plush and A-eh-et basques now so fashionable.
Dark bronze and ohve green are A*ery
fashionable, especially when rclieA*ed
with a dash of bright "red. pale bin % or
velvet yelloAV.
Imitation jeAvel embroideries of A\*hite,
cream and pale tinted satins appear on
the costliest and most elegant evening
dresses.—N. Y, Sun.
A Hen that Sang.
A inn-el case was heard before 'Squire
Wilson, of East Nottingham Township,
Chester County, Pa.*** recently. Last
spring a farmer of EastNottingham had
thirty chickens stolen. Summer Avore
away, but no traces of the lost foAvls.
A feAV days ago the ehicken-OAvner
visited a farmer in the same township,
and Avhile lookiug at the foAvls on the
premises saw a hen Avhich he thought
resembled one of the number stolen
from him. He inquired Iioav the farmer
obtained it, Avhen a conversation fol-
loAved, and concluded by the poultry-
OAvner saying: " if that chicken comes
to me Avhen I-call her by name she is
mine." This was agreed to. " Annie,
Annie," called the OAvner, and sure
enough the hen came to him. "Jump
upon my hand." Up jumped Annie.
" Noav sing for a grain of corn, Annie,"
called the OAvner. The pretty little hen
immediately began to sing in her fowl-
ish style a solo Avhich fully convinced
the tAvo men to whom she rightfully
belonged. The thief and pet chicken
were brought before the 'Squire, Avho
heard the story and Annie's solo and
sentenced the thief.—Beading (Pa)
News.
—A book Avith a loose leaf should be
bound OA'er to keep the piece.—N. O.
Picayune.
—People who inhabit sky parlors and
climb four or five flights of stairs, arje
apt to be troubled A\ith room-attic paiiu?.
—Detroit Free Press. !
—The rubber slings used by the little
boys are getting to be as dangerous as
the gin sling handled by their daddiek
—Baltimore Every Saturday.
—Mother—" There, Mary, do not interrupt me. Please wait till I have got
through." Mary—" But you never do
get through, mamma."—Boston Trail-
script.
—An old poker-player out in North
Park rides a blind mule as a matter of
choice. He says it is a pleasure to straddle the blind.—Laramie Boomerang.
—Although there are scattered
throughout the land*many persons, I am
sorry to say, unable to pay for a neAvs-
paper, I have never yet heard of any-.
body unable to edit one.—Charles Diifi-
ley  Warner. . j
7—" Why Avere you not at church last
Sunday, Clara?" asked Amelia. Clara-i—
"I couldn't; didn't have anything ,"io
wear. I shall go nejxt Sunday if niy
neAvsack is done." Amelia—"Oh, you
sack-religious thing!" —Boston Post. - j
—Willie has Found some Horse Racjl-
ish. It is in a Jar labeled Jam- He
has just Taken a Big Mouthful of tl|e
Horse Radish. There are Tears in. his
Eyes. Perhaps he is Crying because he
LoATes in Vain.—Denver Tribune Primer-
—A man got into one of the Main
street cars this morning, having a large
square of glass done up in brown pap6r
under his arm. When he laid it carefully upon a seat, went to the box and
deposited his fare and then vyent back
and sat doAvn upon it, smashing it to
pieces, the other passengers laughed.—
Hartford Post.
—Sam Johnsing felt very much aggrieved because an Austin Justice of tlia
Peace fined him five dollars for disturbing the peace. "Mr. Johnsing," said
the Justice, "you can take an appeal,
you have a legal remedy." "I knoAys
all about dem remedies, sah, dey am
AveiTymuch like dem udder remedies
yon gets at de drug store. De more ob
em yei' takes, de sicker yer gits."     -• I
—It happened on a railroad train
Avhich was going—well, it AArasn't exactly
a lightning express. The engineer
Avhistled "doAvn brakes." "Whal|s
the trouble, conductor?" excitedly asked
a passenger. "Cow on the trackj"'
coolly responded the conductor. T1*-"?
man Avas satisfied. Shortly afterwanl
••doAvn brakes" was again whistled-
" What's the trouble now!" cried tha
same passenger. " Cow on the trackj"
AA-as the reply. *'GreatHeaA*ens!" eri**;-
theman, "haA'en't we caught up with.
that cow vet?"—Oil City Derrick.       j *
A Deserted Babe Finds a Willing Protector.
—When is a girl like
When she is full of airs.
music book?
Mr. George Gotham, of Gotham j«&
Graham, Philadelphia, has just be^-n
convinced that old tricks have beconke
new, even though ucav tricks may nbt;
have become old. Mr. Gotham arrived
in this city yesterday, in possession of a
boy about eight months old. Mr. Gotham came down from Fort Smith. tk.t,
Gold Creek, Faulkner County, a Avoman, carrying in her arms a child, boarded the "train. Shortly afterwards she
approached Mr. Gotham, and said:
" Will you please hold my child for a
moment?"
"Gotham took the child, held it for a
moment, as requested, and then began
to look around for the Avonian. Just
about this time the train stopped atPal-
arm, and the Avoman, unobserved by
the man Avho held her child, got off.
After the train passed this point, Gotham's search became more extensiAfe,
and Avhen he found that, the Avoman ha|d,
by desertion, made him the protector: of
the child, he recognized himself -as its
laAvful guardian. When asked in this
city yesterday, what he intended to j:lo
-with his charge, he replied: ;
"I am going to take him to Philadelphia, Avhere I haA*e a wife who will
be more than A\illing to be his mother,
and in my opinion, a better mother than
he would lnwe had Avith the actual author of his being. I was confused at
first, but iioav I am more than satisfie d,
in fact highly pleased."
"I suppose then," said a bystander,
'• that you would not have objected if
she had left two children instead of
one?"
"No, one will ansAver. One,* you
knoAAr, is much of a good, thing, but another Avould be too much of a gdocj
thing.1-—Little Bock (Ark.) Gazette, j
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